Network Engineer- 4068949

TCG•Washington, DC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

TCG, an award-winning IT solutions provider and a B Corp government contractor, is seeking a Network Engineer to join their project team at a major federal agency. This role requires US Citizenship and the ability to pass a government background investigation. The position is onsite twice a week in Washington D.C., and the selected candidate must live within commuting distance. TCG is committed to proving that businesses can be profitable while being responsible to their employees and community.

Requirements

A minimum of 5 years of experience working as a Network Engineer
Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and skills
Working knowledge of network protocols and the ability to perform diagnostics
Ability to create system documentation for ongoing system management
Able to independently monitor, troubleshoot, and tune system configurations
Able to develop and maintain BASH, Python, and PowerShell scripts
Experience with Public Key Infrastructure and managing encryption keys and certificates
Independent problem-solving skills, IT troubleshooting, Software debugging, strong analytical abilities, creativity, and a clear appreciation of customer needs
Networking experience in the following: firewalls/routers/switch management, Cisco VPN, ipv4/ipv6, OSPF, BGP
Strong verbal communications skills
Must be detail oriented and comfortable using issue tracking systems.
Must be comfortable conducting prioritization, problem assessment and problem solving independently.
US Citizenship is required.
Must submit to a government background investigation and be favorably adjudicated before their first day.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of network security best practices
Experience with programming in some combination of Bash/Java/Perl/PHP/C/C++/go/Ruby/Python
Linux server administration
System administration experience building and configuring some subset of the following: Linux Management Tools: Satellite, libvirt/kvm virtualization, puppet, storage management
Fiber Channel SAN
Container tools: Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, Ansible, Harbor Container Registry
Database maintenance and administration
Experience with compliance controls and security hardening for a US Government computer system at the FISMA Moderate or High levels.
Understanding of Zero Trust principles

Responsibilities

Advanced troubleshooting of systems and network issues
Maintenance of a variety of security tools and their supporting components (Nessus, Splunk, Burp Suite, SonarQube, Trivy, etc.)
Leverage monitoring software (Zabbix, Matomo, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, etc.) for analyzing and reporting on systems
Monitoring and tuning system configurations to improve performance and address errors
Supporting development teams in implementing application specific monitoring for availability and functionality
Fortinet firewall, iptables, and proxy support
Cisco network and fiber channel switch configuration and updates
Managing the internal network including ipv6, micro-segmentation, zero-trust, proxy, DNS, firewall configurations, authentication, etc.
Scripting and task automation (Bash, Python, curl, regex, PowerShell, etc.)